What Are the Tire Requirements for Commercial Trucks?

Truck tires play a vital role in a commercial vehicle’s safety, directly impacting braking, steering, and driving performance. However, over time, tires can wear down and become hazardous, putting everyone on the road at risk. Commercial truck drivers and owners must comply with strict tire regulations to ensure safety. If you’ve been involved in a truck accident where tire failure was a factor, it’s essential to understand how tire maintenance and safety standards may have been violated.

Federal Commercial Truck Tire Safety Standards

Federal Commercial Truck Tire Safety Standards are in place to prevent accidents caused by tire failures. These regulations include minimum tread depth requirements to ensure proper traction, tire pressure monitoring rules to avoid under-inflation, and specific regulations for steer axle tires to provide stability. 

Additionally, retread tires must meet strict safety guidelines to reduce the risk of blowouts. […]

Can You Sue a Car Manufacturer for a Car Crash?

If you’ve been involved in a car accident caused by a defective vehicle, you may be wondering if you can hold the manufacturer accountable. Product liability laws provide a legal pathway to pursue the compensation you deserve if the accident resulted from a defect in the vehicle’s design or manufacturing or failure to provide adequate warnings.

These cases can be complex, requiring thorough investigation and evidence to prove the manufacturer’s fault. Whether the defect involves faulty airbags, malfunctioning brakes, or a design flaw, understanding your legal options is essential. Speak with an experienced auto defect attorney at Munley Law to determine if you have a valid claim and explore your right to compensation.

Product Liability in Automotive Accidents

Manufacturer defects can cause automotive accidents. When that happens, the manufacturer may be held liable. Product liability claims allow individuals to seek compensation for injuries caused by such defects. […]

How to Tell If a New Tire Is Defective

Tires play a critical role in your safety when driving a vehicle. A defective tire can suddenly fail or blow out at high speeds, causing your vehicle to spin out of control, roll over, or veer into oncoming traffic. Tread separation or sidewall collapse can lead to immediate loss of steering control, resulting in multi-car collisions, running off the road, or crashing into fixed objects.

Knowing how to spot the signs of a defective tire is important. This guide will explain what you need to know about this topic. If you believe you were injured because of a tire defect, contact the product liability lawyers at Munley Law for your free consultation today.

Visual Indicators of a Defective Tire

A quick visual inspection can often tell you whether a tire is defective. Warning signs to be on the lookout for include:

• Unusual tire tread patterns
• Tread separation, […]

What to Do If the Car Seat Is Defective

Every parent remembers that first drive home from the hospital – your newborn secured in their car seat while you drive more carefully than ever. We trust these essential safety devices with our children’s lives, which makes it all the more devastating when a car seat fails to protect our little ones due to a manufacturing defect. As a parent, few things are more frightening than discovering your child’s car seat – the very device meant to keep them safe – may have put them at risk of serious injury or worse.

While no parent wants to imagine their child being harmed by a defective car seat, understanding how to respond and knowing your rights isn’t just important – it could be crucial for protecting your child and other families using the same model. If your child has been injured due to a faulty car seat, you don’t have to navigate this difficult situation alone. […]

$29.4 million verdict in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder case

On Wednesday March 13, 2019 a California jury awarded Teresa
Leavitt $24.4 million and her husband, Dean McElroy $5 million in a trial
brought by them against Johnson & Johnson. 
Teresa Leavitt believes her mesothelioma, a terminal disease caused by
asbestos exposure, is linked to her regular use of Johnson & Johnson’s
talcum powder. 

The Leavitt case is the first case to be tried since a
bombshell report by Reuters and the New York Times about the contamination of
baby powder with asbestos.  Both reports
sighted leaked internal documents showing Johnson & Johnson knew about the
problem as far back as 1971.

Johnson & Johnson said they were disappointed in the verdict and they would pursue an appeal. Johnson & Johnson’s spokesperson, Kimberly Montagnino said, “we will pursue an appeal because Johnson’s Baby Powder does not contain asbestos or cause cancer.”  […]